George Brinton Cooper (14 April 1916 – 18 October 1995) was an American historian of British history and professor at

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. Cooper co-founded the

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in 1961, and served as its managing editor for 18 years. Born in

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to Lloyd and Esther Cooper, he received his B.A. from

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in 1938 and received his M.A. and

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from

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. He also studied as a Lockwood Fellow at the

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. Cooper served with United States Naval Intelligence and worked for the State Department during

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. He taught for 38 years at Trinity, where he was renowned as a lecturer. Before his retirement, Cooper was awarded an

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doctorate from Trinity, which also created the post of Secretary of the college in recognition of his achievements. He chaired the Cesare Barbieri Endowment for Italian Culture at Trinity, directed or served on the boards of numerous New England libraries, and was occasionally active in Hartford politics, serving as a member of Hartford's

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from 1959 to 1965, and its president from 1961 to 1963. Cooper was a member of the Colonial Society of Boston, the Sloane Club of London, the

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, and Hartford's Twilight and Monday Evening Clubs. Cooper was the author of the phrase, "In Great Britain things that are conventional become habitual, and things that are habitual become constitutional.'"Why the Monarchy Must Stay," '' Newsweek Magazine'', 10 May 1996.

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